At UDOT HQ Calvin Rampton Complex a Partnership of Transportation & Emergency Management Supporting Traffic Incident Management Pat Gallagher and Lee Perry gave a quick TIM Safety Tip and discussed the responder struck-by report and Crash Responder Safety week activities.
We then heard from the National Weather Service (NWS) and how knowing the weather forecast can help you accomplish your TIM goals by Kevin Barjenbruch, NWS
There was a great Incident Debrief and discussion on how Weber County and Ogden Police have created a CRASH team based on TIM tools and principles and it was presented by the Ogden Police Traffic Unit.
We ended the meeting with an After-Action Review (AAR) of a commercial vehicle crash that occurred on I-80 in Salt Lake on Aug 1 by the UHP and UDOT. Lt. Buck of the UHP admitted that lessons learned from doing a previous commercial vehicle crash AAR in February helped during this incident and the length of the closure was much shorter.
The three C’s of Traffic Incident Management of Communication, Cooperation and Coordination or collaboration